Facilitators Kevan McBeth and Scott McBeth are partners in the leadership consulting firm Affective Consulting, an organization that is focused on helping influence the organizational practice of people-centred principles.

“Fundraising” – some board members working with charities love the challenge, others dread this task! Join us for a workshop that will explore the role board members play in fundraising, different fundraising models used by charities, the question of charity overhead, and the art of making “the ask.”

Christina Attard is the Executive Director for the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation. The SSCF is a public charitable foundation that was established in 1969 and grants to over 165 charities a year with a focus on Southern Saskatchewan.

Previously, she served as the Development Director for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina and as a Gift Planning Officer with two large Canadian universities.

Christina has over 15 years of professional experience in fund-development leadership and a strong focus on how to integrate faith-based stewardship approaches into a comprehensive fundraising program.

Social media is constantly evolving. This workshop will demonstrate ways in which social media can be used as a tool for marketing, building connections, and engaging with the public. This half-day session is for people who want to use social media to reach a larger audience. It’s designed for people who are ready to start using social media but aren’t sure where to begin, and for those who have established a social media presence but aren’t sure how to most effectively use various social media channels. The session includes an overview of the most powerful and popular social media tools, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.

Other topics covered include:

Basic graphic design for social media, and introduction to free online design tools

The basics of paid Facebook & Instagram advertising

Scheduling social media posts using built in tools as well as third party tools

E-newsletters

The basics of reporting, analytics and measuring success on social media

Michelle Brownridge has worked in communications for Sask Culture and OSAC. She owns and operates EMBEE Inc., specializing in graphic design, photography, communications, and social media management.

This course is designed for individuals tasked with developing funding proposals to granting agencies, in order to support projects or ongoing programming. What will you come away with? We will train you to think strategically in the development of your project proposal. As well, you will gain key insights into what funding agencies are looking for in their project submission calls. Finally you will be able to share your current project ideas with the instructor and fellow classmates to gain feedback on your project proposal, in a group learning environment. The bottom line of this course is to get you the resources you need to make things happen in your community, organization, or neighborhood.

Robert Friedrich is a local consultant who specializes in helping organizations prepare grant proposals, develop strategic plans and create fundraising campaigns. Bob’s history includes a successful career as a federal public servant working for five departments and agencies. He has three Deputy Minister Awards of Distinction from the Government of Canada for projects he worked on with three separate teams. While in government, some of Bob’s projects included project funding to the Regina Canada Games 2005, and managing Saskatchewan’s Centennial programming from the Government of Canada. In his private practice Bob has worked with government, private industry and community-based organizations.

These days, community groups and nonprofits often have to show how their programs will make an impact, and to measure that impact. Program development and evaluation can sound intimidating, but with some simple tools, planning and evaluating programs doesn’t have to be scary. This workshop will show you how you can create effective programs and measure their impact using a program logic model. You’ll learn what a program logic model is, how to create one, and how to use it to design and evaluate programs for your organization.

Dan Holbrow is Program Director at the Museums Association of Saskatchewan. He is responsible for developing a range of programs to support museums, galleries, and heritage organizations around the province, and for evaluating and reporting on their outcomes.

A communications plan is the map that directs all of the communications work of an organization over a period of time, either short term, long term or both. Communications plans can be developed for organizations as a whole, or for individual projects or events. Communications plans are essential for effectively communicating an organization’s news, events, programs and services effectively to diverse target audiences and stakeholders.

In this workshop, we will cover the essential components of crafting a successful communications plan for your organization or project including:

Research and analysis

Defining goals and objectives

Defining target audiences

Defining key messages

Creating an implementation plan

Creating a budget

Evaluation and monitoring

Communications planning is not a mystery, it is a straightforward, step-by-step process that will help you clearly and logically summarize what you want to say to your intended audience and map out how you will deliver that message.

Michelle Brownridge has worked in communications for Sask Culture and OSAC. She owns and operates EMBEE Inc., specializing in graphic design, photography, communications, social media management.

This workshop will introduce participants to two interrelated concepts: non-violent communication, and accountable communication. The half-day training will provide a theoretical framework from which individuals can learn to communicate from a foundation of accountability and non-violence. Participants will be introduced to aspects of Marshall Rosenberg’s NVC framework as well as a framework developed by the facilitator – Accountable Communication. The workshop will engage participants in a fun and interactive manner. Participants will leave with new insights and some basic communication tools and strategies to enhance interpersonal, professional and organizational communications and relationships.

Facilitator: Raven Sinclair is a member of George Gordon First Nation (Nehiyaw-Cree) of the Treaty #4 area of southern Saskatchewan, Canada. She is an Associate Professor of Social Work with the University of Regina, Saskatoon Campus. Her areas of interest include Indigenous mental health and trauma recovery, research and ethics, Indigenous child welfare and youth suicide, transracial adoption and cultural identity, interpersonal and non-violent communication, lateral violence intervention, group process and facilitation, and critical race theory. Raven has an 11 year-old daughter who keeps her on her toes.

Volunteering should be a mutually beneficial — and fun — experience. This session will explore how to successfully recruit, manage and retain volunteers. Participants will get an overview on how to stay organized, how to set expectations, volunteer appreciation and how to build a successful team by highlighting individual strengths. There will be plenty of opportunities to explore specific organization volunteer successes and challenges so if you like, come prepared to share.

Melanie Metcalf has been the Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator with the Regina Folk Festival for 6 years. With a volunteer population of over 650 individuals she has had the pleasure to learn that there is a job for everyone and everyone can contribute. In the not-for-profit sector, turnover is common in volunteer management and so with her years of experience she has been fortunate enough to continually improve, develop and maintain a successful volunteer program in ways many haven’t been able to.

This workshop takes a reflective, interactive, and constructive approach towards developing and improving intercultural communication skills or intercultural competence. Participants will be introduced to concepts and models pertaining to culture, cultural differences, communication differences, and intercultural competence. They will have the opportunity to develop some awareness about their own cultural identities, differences, biases, and communication styles. They will briefly assess their intercultural competence – knowledge, skills, and attitudes – and consider how they may develop intercultural competence or improve their intercultural competence level in relation to their individual workplace roles, contexts, and goals.

Angeline Chia has facilitated English as a Second/Additional Language programs for international students at the University of Regina and coordinated career development programs for newcomers to Canada at the Regina Open Door Society. Angeline has studied diversity management within a Master’s degree in Education (Human Resource Development) and pursued intercultural communication training to provide quality service to her clients. She continually learns from her interactions with people from diverse cultural backgrounds to become a more effective intercultural communicator.